Board of directors meeting of Mari Petroleum Company Limited

Board of directors meeting of Mari Petroleum Company Limited

February 11, 2019

Karachi, Mari Petroleum Company Limited informed Pakistan Stock Exchange that board of directors meeting of the company will be held on February 20, 2019 at Islamabad. The agenda of the meeting will to consider the Half Yearly Accounts for the period ended December 31, 2018. Further, the company has declared the closed period from February 14, 2019 to February 20, 2019. Mari Gas Field was originally owned by Pakistan Stanvac Petroleum Project, a joint venture formed in 1954 between Government of Pakistan and M/s Esso Eastern Incorporated, having 49% and 51% ownership interest, respectively. The first gas discovery was made by the Joint Venture in 1957 when the first well in lower Kirthar ‘Zone-B’ Limestone Formation was drilled. Production from the field started in 1967. In 1983, M/s Esso Eastern transferred its entire share to Fauji Foundation, which set up a public limited company for the purpose of acquiring the assets and liabilities of the Project. In 2001, the Company expanded its operations and entered into exploration business. The Company is now a major player in the Country’s oil and gas exploration and production sector operating eleven exploration and production assets (two D&P leases and nine operated blocks) and has partnership with leading national and international E&P companies in six non-operated blocks. To reflect its diversified business operations and expanded activities, the name of the Company was changed from “Mari Gas Company Limited” to “Mari Petroleum Company Limited” (MPCL) in November 2012.